Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Rf P. WILSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 3453@ dated February11, 1862.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, R. P. WILSON, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedVVashing-Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part' of this specification, in which-Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improvedwashing-machine. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken atthe line :l: 0c of Fig. landlooking down on it. Fig. 3 is an under sideview of the movable head.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

rlhis invention or improvement relates to that class of washing-machinesin which the washing is effected by the clothes or articles to be washedbeing alternatelyT precipitated from one end of a barrel mounted upontrunnions to the opposite end asitis revolved; and the inventionconsists in an arrangement by which the clothes or articles arealternately subjected to a rubbing and pounding action asthe barrel isrevolved, thus effecting the desired result without injury to theclothes in an easy and expeditious manner.

To enable others to fully understand and construct my invention, I willproceed to describe it.

A represents a barrel or cylinder, which is mounted on two trunnions BB', one of which B is squared on its outer end to receive the socket ofa handle or crank by Which'the barrel is revolved in the direction ofits length. The barrel is supported by its trnnnions in any suitableframe at a convenient height Irom the ground or floor to allow7 theperson operating it to stand in an erect position. One end of the barrelon its inner side is provided with a convex rubber C, corrugatedcircumferentially. The other or opposite end of the barrel is movableand has formed on its under side a series of semi-sphericalprotuberances D, which constitute the pounders.

A flange E, projecting from the under side of the cover and encirclingthe end of the barrel, serves to retain the cover in place and assist informinga water-tight vessel of the barrel or cylinder.

The cover may be further secured by a bridge passing across it andengaging with suitable projections on the side of the barrel orcylinder; or it may be secured by screws passing through the iiange, orby any other suitable fastening.

The clothes to be washed being soaped and placed in the barrel with hotor cold water in proportion to the quantity of clothing, the

cover is put on and fastened in any suitable manner. The barrelbeing nowrevolved in the direction of its length by means of a crank, theclothes, with the water, are precipitated from end to end of the barreland the former subj ected alternatively toa rubbing and pounding action.The rubbing is effected by the clothes sliding over the corrugations ofthe rubber as it is inclined from a horizontal line when in its lowestposition, and the pounding is effected by the clothes falling onto thesemispherical pertnberances at an angle of about thirtydegrees- Thetumbling motion of the barrel keeps the clothes continually turningover, thus subjecting all parts of the clothes to rubbing and poundingaction. After the clothes have been thus acted upon for a few minutes,the movable end of the barrel or cylinder is taken off and the clothesemptied into a tub and only require to be rinsed to complete the processof washing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The semi-spherical pertnberances D and corrugated convex rubber C, withthe air-tight cylinder or barrel A, arranged to revolve in the directionof its length, when combined, arranged, and operating in the mannerdescribed.

R. P. WILSON.

Witnesses:

G. W. REED, JAMES LAIRD.-

